Electrophysiological correlates underlying interference control in motor tasks

Authors: Sperl, L., Ambrus, G.G., Kaufmann, J.M., Schweinberger, S.R. and Cañal-Bruland, R.

Journal: Biological Psychology

Volume: 163

eISSN: 1873-6246

ISSN: 0301-0511

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108138

Abstract:

Changing pre-existing, automatized motor skills often requires interference control. Prepotent response inhibition – one subdimension of inhibition – has been theorized to be particularly associated with successful interference control in motor skills. Recent evidence suggests that different inhibition subdimensions elicit distinct ERP patterns (with larger P3 components for response inhibition). Therefore, we examined whether a similar ERP pattern would arise in a task demanding participants to overcome interference emerging from strong motor automatisms. This was realized within a typing paradigm involving a letter switch manipulation which is able to produce strong, immediate interference effects. Most importantly, stimulus-locked ERP analyses revealed an enhanced P3 component at frontal, central and most pronouncedly parietal sites for interference trials, in line with previous reported patterns for response inhibition. Together, different analyses provide first insights into the electrophysiological correlates of motor skill change, corroborating the pivotal role of response inhibition for successful interference control.

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Electrophysiological correlates underlying interference control in motor tasks.

Authors: Sperl, L., Ambrus, G.G., Kaufmann, J.M., Schweinberger, S.R. and Cañal-Bruland, R.

Journal: Biol Psychol

Volume: 163

Pages: 108138

eISSN: 1873-6246

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108138

Abstract:

Changing pre-existing, automatized motor skills often requires interference control. Prepotent response inhibition - one subdimension of inhibition - has been theorized to be particularly associated with successful interference control in motor skills. Recent evidence suggests that different inhibition subdimensions elicit distinct ERP patterns (with larger P3 components for response inhibition). Therefore, we examined whether a similar ERP pattern would arise in a task demanding participants to overcome interference emerging from strong motor automatisms. This was realized within a typing paradigm involving a letter switch manipulation which is able to produce strong, immediate interference effects. Most importantly, stimulus-locked ERP analyses revealed an enhanced P3 component at frontal, central and most pronouncedly parietal sites for interference trials, in line with previous reported patterns for response inhibition. Together, different analyses provide first insights into the electrophysiological correlates of motor skill change, corroborating the pivotal role of response inhibition for successful interference control.

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Electrophysiological correlates underlying interference control in motor tasks

Authors: Sperl, L., Ambrus, G.G., Kaufmann, J.M., Schweinberger, S.R. and Canal-Bruland, R.

Journal: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Volume: 163

eISSN: 1873-6246

ISSN: 0301-0511

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108138

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Electrophysiological correlates underlying interference control in motor tasks.

Authors: Sperl, L., Ambrus, G.G., Kaufmann, J.M., Schweinberger, S.R. and Cañal-Bruland, R.

Journal: Biological psychology

Volume: 163

Pages: 108138

eISSN: 1873-6246

ISSN: 0301-0511

DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108138

Abstract:

Changing pre-existing, automatized motor skills often requires interference control. Prepotent response inhibition - one subdimension of inhibition - has been theorized to be particularly associated with successful interference control in motor skills. Recent evidence suggests that different inhibition subdimensions elicit distinct ERP patterns (with larger P3 components for response inhibition). Therefore, we examined whether a similar ERP pattern would arise in a task demanding participants to overcome interference emerging from strong motor automatisms. This was realized within a typing paradigm involving a letter switch manipulation which is able to produce strong, immediate interference effects. Most importantly, stimulus-locked ERP analyses revealed an enhanced P3 component at frontal, central and most pronouncedly parietal sites for interference trials, in line with previous reported patterns for response inhibition. Together, different analyses provide first insights into the electrophysiological correlates of motor skill change, corroborating the pivotal role of response inhibition for successful interference control.

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